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Just Keep Writing — 195 episodes

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Episode 195 - Summer Break

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Episode 194 - Invitation to The Cook Out: Chat with the Editors of a Black Anthology

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Episode 193 - Goodbyes Aren’t Forever

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Episode 192 - Expectations and Perceptions in Character Creation

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Episode 191 - Engineering Ideas: Allowing Yourself to Play

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Episode 190 - Resistance is Playful

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Episode 189 - On-Ramps: What Drove Our Desire to Write

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Episode 188 - Canon Events: Creative Research with Jenna

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Episode 187 - New Year, Same Pen: The Crew Talks Writing Aspirations for 2026

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Episode 186 - No Prescriptions: Collaboration on a Novella Craft Book

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Episode 185 - Fear Not: We're Talking About Horror (Part 2)

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Episode 184 - Antagonist: Making a Great Villian

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Episode 183 - Community Chat with Tanvir Ahmed

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Episode 182 - Fear Not: We're Talking About Horror

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Episode 181 - What Makes a Novella (Part 2)

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Episode 180 - What Makes a Novella (Part 1)

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Episode 179 - The Secrets of Character (Part 5)

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Episode 178 - The Laugh of the Medusa

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Episode 177 - Worldcon Seattle 2025

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Episode 176 - The Secrets of Character (Part 4)

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Episode 175 - Spotlight on Jenna Hanchey

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Episode 174 - Origin Story: Sarah A. Macklin

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Episode 173 - Origin Story: Greg Lockard

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Episode 172 - Origin Story: Stephanie Williams

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Episode 171 - Sinners (Part 2)

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Episode 170 - Sinners (Part 1)

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Episode 169 - Breath of Oblivion: Writing Book 2 of 3 with Maurice Broaddus

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Episode 168 - The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

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Episode 167 - Writing Through Executive Dysfunction

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Episode 166 - Renaissance: Fantasy 3.0

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Episode 165 - Parenting While Writing

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Episode 164 - The Secrets of Character (Part 3)

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Episode 163 - The Secrets of Character (Part 2)

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Episode 162 - The Secrets of Character (Part 1)

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Episode 161 - Writing is Political: Arcane

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Episode 160 - Trust the Vision

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Episode 159 - An Interview with Kate Maruyama

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Episode 158 - An Interview with R.S.A Garcia

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Episode 157 - Rejectomancy

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Episode 156 - Writing is Political: Building a Social Structure

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Episode 155 - We Who Will Not Die

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Episode 154 - Reading to Master Craft

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Episode 153 - Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself

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Episode 152 - Character vs. Plot

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Episode 151 - Writing is Political

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Episode 150 - We’re Still Writing

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Episode 149 - Refill Your Cup

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Episode 148 - Q&A With Agent Jennifer Udden

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Episode 147 - Vessel: Power and Place

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Episode 146 - Sameem Siddiqui’s AirBody: A Deep Dive

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Episode 145 - Canon Events: Creative Research with Sameem and Shingai

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Episode 144 - Agenting with Jennifer Udden

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Episode 143 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 9)

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Episode 142 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 8)

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Episode 141 - Canon Events: Creative Research with Marshall and Wil

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Episode 140 - Calamity with Constance Fay

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Episode 139 - DaVaun Sanders and the Peerless Magic Crew

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Episode 138 - Vessel: Creating a Web Comic

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Episode 137 - Canon Events: Creative Research with Brent and Gabe

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Episode 136 - Canon Events: Creative Research

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Episode 135 - Magic Systems: A Necessary Chaos (Part 4)

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Episode 134 - Suyi Davies Okungbowa: Son of the Storm

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Episode 133 - A Necessary Chaos (Part 3)

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Episode 132 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 7)

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Episode 131 - A Necessary Chaos (Part 2)

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Episode 130 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 6)

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Episode 129 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 5)

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Episode 128 - A Necessary Chaos

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Episode 127 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 4)

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Episode 126 - FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE - Building an Anthology

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Episode 125 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 3)

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Episode 124 - What’s in a First Line?

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Episode 123 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 2)

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Episode 122 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 1)

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Episode 121 - Finding Hope in Queer Characters: Cassandra Westlake

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Episode 120 - Izzy Wasserstein: All The Hometowns You Can’t Stay Away From

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Episode 119 - Dave Ring: The Hidden Ones

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Episode 118 - Indie Publisher: Neon Hemlock

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Episode 117 - Victor Manibo: The Sleepless

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Episode 116 - Having a Family

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Episode 115 - C.S. Malerich: The Factory Witches of Lowell

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Episode 114 - Piper J. Drake: Wings Once Cursed and Bound

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Episode 113 - Choices in Writing with Piper J. Drake

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Episode 112 - Non-Western Story Structure with Piper J. Drake (Part 2)

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Episode 111 - Non-Western Story Structure with Piper J. Drake

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Episode 110 - JKW While Black: Bendi Barrett’s Empire of the Feast

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Episode 109 - JKW While Black: Arley Sorg- Hardest Working Man in the SciFi Business

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Episode 108 - JKW While Black: Yvette Lisa Ndlovu- Drinking from Graveyard Wells

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Episode 107 - JKW While Black: Futureland with Hugh H.D. Hunter

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Episode 106 - Mary Robinette Kowal: The Spare Man

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Episode 105 - JKW While Black: 2022 and Beyond

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Episode 104 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section V

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Episode 103 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section IV

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Episode 102 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section III (Part 2)

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Episode 101 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section III

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Episode 100 - Where we went and where are we going

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Episode 99 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section II

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Episode 98 - Memoirs from a Writing Workshop

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Episode 97 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section I

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Episode 96 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Introduction

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Episode 95 - Cinderella Remixed aka Plot vs Structure

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Episode 94 - Summer Catch Up

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Episode 93 - Uncommon Charm

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Episode 92 - Parks and Honard: Unrelenting

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Episode 91 - Unfadeable: Middle Grade Mystery with Maurice

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Episode 90 - The Blood Trials

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Episode 89 - Building a Black AF Future: Maurice Broaddus

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Episode 88 - Playwrite: Bryna Turner

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Episode 87 - Writer’s Book Club: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Part 2 of 2)

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Episode 86 - Writer’s Book Club: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Part 1 of 2)

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Episode 85 - JKW While Black: Our Worlds Can Exist Without Trauma

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Episode 84 - JKW While Black: Minimalism through a Black Lens

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Episode 83 - The Case for Angry Black Women

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Episode 82 - JKW While Black: Writing as a Librarian

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Episode 81 - I See You

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Episode 80 - On FIYAH

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Episode 79 - To 2021 and Beyond

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Episode 78 - Rejections

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Episode 77 - Military Raised

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Episode 76 - The Cost of War

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Episode 75 - The Immortals

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Episode 74 - Nano Prep: Pitches and Synopses

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Episode 73 - Nano Prep: The Beginning

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Episode 72 - 27/4: LP Kindred and How He Finds Power in Short Stories

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Episode 71 - The Multiverse of Writing

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Episode 70 - My Country is a Ghost

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Episode 69 - Faithful Delirium

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Episode 68 - Systems For Self-Editing

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Episode 67 - Growth and Perspective: Social Issues in SFF Revisited

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Episode 66 - Mining Queer Humanity: An Interview with Sam J. Miller

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Episode 65 - Queer Introspection: Thoughts with Wil and Brent

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Episode 64 - Raising My Trans Son feat. Katie Turner-Carr

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Episode 63 - Pride 2021

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Episode 62 - Adventures of a Pro Editor

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Episode 61 - End With a Wallop (Mastering Plot Twists Part 9)

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Episode 60 - JKW While Black: What If...? feat. Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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Episode 59 - Choose Two Subplots (Mastering Plot Twists Part 8)

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Episode 58 - Craft: Max Gladstone

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Episode 57 - Find Fire In Ice (Mastering Plot Twists Part 7)

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Episode 56 - JKW While Black: From Query to Deal feat. Nia Davenport

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Episode 55 - TRDs to Control Pace (Mastering Plot Twists Part 6)

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Episode 54 - Flood City: Daniel Jose Older

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Episode 53 - Plot Your Course (Mastering Plot Twists Part 5)

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Episode 52 - Happily Ever After: Piper J. Drake

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Episode 51 - Mastering Plot Twists Feat. Brent Lambert (Part 4)

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Episode 50 - Jennifer Udden: Editor Extraordinaire

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Episode 49 - Mastering Plot Twists Feat. Brent Lambert (Part 3)

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Episode 48 - Six Wakes: Mur Lafferty

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Episode 47 - Mastering Plot Twists Feat. Brent Lambert (Part 2)

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Episode 46 - Master of Genres: Dan Wells

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Episode 45 - Mastering Plot Twists Feat. Brent Lambert (Part 1)

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Episode 44 - FIYAH Magazine: Brent Lambert

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Episode 43 - Riverland: Fran Wilde

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Episode 42 - And Then There Were None

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Episode 41 - Godhunter: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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Episode 40 - Toolbox

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Episode 39 - The Usual Suspect: Maurice Broaddus

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Episode 38 - The Lady Astronaut: Mary Robinette Kowal

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Episode 37 - Pride

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Episode 36 - Level Up

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Episode 35 - Community Chat with Erin Roberts

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Episode 34 - French Press

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Episode 33 - Sixty-Three Texts

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Episode 32 - Community Chat with Wil Ralston

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Episode 31 - Street Fighter

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Episode 30 - Networking

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Episode 29 - Resilience

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Episode 28 - Keep Stretching

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Episode 27 - Stretching

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Episode 26 - Seven Days

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Episode 25 - Impostor

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Episode 24 - Holiday Gift Guide

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Episode 23 - NaNoWriMo Update

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Episode 22 - Hot Mess

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Episode 21 - WXR19 Interviews

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Episode 20 - Con Fatigue

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Episode 19 - Freakin' Out

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Episode 18 - A Matter of Time

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Episode 17 - Not To Be Named

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Episode 16 - Time Blocking

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Episode 15 - Character and Plot-Driven Stories

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Episode 14 - MoCon 2019: Afrofuturism Panel

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Episode 13 - Fine Print

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Episode 12 - MoCon 2019: Jen Udden Interview

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Episode 11 - Convention Etiquette

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Episode 10 - Social Issues in SFF Part 2

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Episode 9 - Social Issues in SFF

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Episode 8 - Commitment

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Episode 7 - Pantliner

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Episode 6 - Code-switching

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Episode 5 - Character Voice

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Episode 4 - World Building Through Dialogue

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Episode 3 - The Maurice Effect

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Episode 2 - Scrivener Tips

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Episode 1 - Tools and Time